Onlookers watch the commotion surrounding a streetcar wreck at the corner of 4th and Market streets. Shops in the area include Lee Lewis, the Klothes Shoppe, The Lamp Shop, Sarnoff - Irving Hats and a Western Union location.

View of train accident. Ground is covered with logs, branches, wheels, and pieces from the train. A crumpled train slides off the tracks on the left. Some people stand among the rubble. Title: 5532. Johnstown Calamity - wreck of the Day Express,...

Overturned railroad cars down a slight hill. A few cars are at the base of the hill, with others falling off the tracks towards the bottom. A group of men stands below and to the left. More men are on the tracks with a large piece of equipment....

Ruins of Union Depot at 7th Street and Water Street. Collapsed shell of a building with a train car covered by rubble. Men stand on the wooden platform in front of the debris. Caption: Louisville Tornado. Wreck of the Union Depot. Text on bottom:...

Wreckage of the U.S.S. Maine with the shore visible in the distance. Only a small corner of the ship and a mast are above the water. The ship was sunk in 1898. Title: 13 Wreck of the Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba. Copyright statement: Copyright 1905...

Ruins of Sacred Heart Church at Broadway and 17th Street. Shell of a brick church whose roof and brick walls have collapsed. A tornado struck Louisville on March 27, 1890. Caption: Louisville Tornado. Wreck of Church of Sacred Heart - Interior....

Hagan's Market, a two-story brick building at the corner of 7th Street and Broadway with a large Oertel's '92 sign on the side of the building. A car is parked next to the building with another car parked in front of it.

A large stone statue of the Virgin Mary stands seemingly undamaged amid the wreckage caused by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and many more were injured. Sacred Heart Church...

Several horses and carriages are on the street in front of piles of debris and the remains of a tobacco warehouse. The damage was done by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and...

People standing on the wreckage of Falls City Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, following the tornado which struck on March 27, 1890. There were over 200 people in the building when it collapsed, and while accounts vary, at least 55 people died. The...

View of the debris from the remains of at least one tobacco warehouse, located on West Main, following the tornado that struck Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. Ruined buildings and an intact smokestack are in the background. A tall utility...

Wreckage of Odd Fellows Hall following the tornado which struck Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. The top story is collapsed, and debris is spread around the building. A pile of bricks and iron rods are in the foreground. Originally called...